This is an excellent scenario; on e that makes PG shine. There are plenty of options for both sides and the brits have to conduct a good screen with their weak armor to have a chance. The Germans can attack in many ways I chose a main attack around the south side of the woods with a supporting attack going around the north end. At first the Brits did slow the Germans but losses to their armor finally caused the screen to collapse. I made a mistake in the Brit set up by defending the bridge too heavily and the Germans took advantage of this and went for the foot bridges. They were successful in getting across with only losing two steps. Decisive German victory.

The British set up a defensive line EAST of the river, in the hopes that a retreat to the west bank would not be needed. The Mobile Forces set up on either side of the woods on board 124 with the idea of slowing down the German advance. At first the Germans were not aggressive enough and the woods held on board 124 for an hour and a half. The South end of the line collapsed first and the rest went into retreat shortly thereafter. That left a thin line along the town on board 125 fronting the bridge (carefully roadblocked) which held back the Germans. South of the town was another story, however. The Germans pushed back the British and left a gap in the line that the Germans quickly inserted their Bicycle Co.(Of all people!) into. It was here that the strategy of the British setting up on the East bank of the river was found to be in error. The British could not get back enough troops to the West bank to seal the gap and push back the Germans. The fact that they WERE on the east bank of the river made all the difference. A BAD Command decision! Game, set and match!

All optional rules were used.

And there lay the unhinging of the scenario. The British became hamstrung after rolling 3 and 4 on successive turns on Fog-of-Waar rolls sending them into a loglistics paralysis.

Up to turn 8, the Brits were doing quite well. They had discovered how to use the LBoys AT. Although weak, the Boys weapon was supplied to almost all British units. Thus the entire army. By turn 8, the British had destroyed 3 German steps causing a loss of initiative.

The German plan was to go around the big forest on board 125. However, the British moved their units up to bottleneck the Germans. If the game would have continued, I believe the British would have won. The 15 turn length also put pressure on the German plan. With the bottleneck, the plan went out the window.